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Gordon: TODAY...

* HOLD ON JUST A LITTLE

BIT LONGER *

Gordon: MANDISA --

HE SET MY FEET ON A

ROCK AND GAVE ME A NEW

SONG TO SING.

Gordon: SHE OPENS UP

ABOUT HOW SHE FINALLY CAME

OUT OF THE DARK.

I'M A MASTERPIECE IN

THE MAKING.

I'M JUST UNFINISHED RIGHT

NOW.

Gordon: ON TODAYS'

"700 CLUB."

* HE STARTED SOMETHING

GOOD *

*

Gordon: WELL, WELCOME

TO "THE 700 CLUB."

FOR TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES,

LET'S GO OVER TO THE CBN

NEWSDESK.

John: GORDON,

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS

WEIGHING HIS OPTIONS ON

THE BEST WAY TO RESPOND TO

THE ASSAD'S CHEMICAL

ATTACK ON HIS PEOPLE.

WHILE AVOIDING ESCALATING

INTO AN ALL-OUT WAR.

JENNIFER WISHON HAS THIS

STORY.

Jennifer: AS IMAGES

LIKE THESE ARE VIEWED

AROUND THE WORLD, INNOCENT

PEOPLE, INCLUDING CHILDREN

GASPING FOR AIR, PRESIDENT

TRUMP IS WORKING WITH HIS

NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM TO

SEND A MESSAGE TO SYRIA

AND THE REST OF THE WORLD

THAT THE USE OF CHEMICAL

WEAPONS IS UNACCEPTABLE

AND CAN'T GO UNPUNISHED.

President Trump:

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS,

FOLKS.

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

IT IS TOO BAD THAT THE

WORLD PUTS US IN A

POSITION LIKE THAT.

Jennifer: KEY

AMERICAN ALLIES ARE READY

TO BACK THE PRESIDENT'S

ACTION.

IN LONDON, PRIVATE THERESA

MAY'S CABINET HELD AN

EMERGENCY MEETING, AND

LATER MAY SPOKE WITH

TRUMP, AND THE TWO AGREED

IT WAS VITAL THAT THE USE

OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS DID

NOT GO UNCHALLENGED.

FRENCH PRESIDENT MACRON

SAYS HIS COUNTRY HAS PROOF

THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT

CARRIED OUT THE CHEMICAL

ATTACK, AND HE IS ALSO ON

BOARD WITH POSSIBLE

MILITARY ACTION.

THE BIG DILEMMA IS HOW TO

RESPOND.

IT WILL PROBABLY BE A

SHORT, QUICK, HARD PUNCH

TO THE ASSAD REGIME, AND

THAT COULD BE IT.

IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW THE

RUSSIANS REACT AND HOW THE

SYRIANS REACT IN RESPONSE.

Jennifer: IT IS A

TREMENDOUSLY COMPLICATED

SITUATION MILITARILY.

RUSSIAN, IRANIAN, AND

TURKISH FORCES ARE ALL

OPERATING IN SYRIA, AND

AMERICAN FORCES ARE ALSO

THERE, GOING AFTER ISIS

FIGHTERS.

THE U.S. DOESN'T WANT A

MILITARY STRIKE TO WIDEN

INTO A BIGGER BATTLE

BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES, LED

BY THE U.S. AND RUSSIA.

WE'RE TRYING TO STOP

THE MURDER OF INNOCENT

PEOPLE, BUT ON A STRATEGIC

LEVEL, IT IS HOW DO WE

KEEP THIS FROM ESCALATING

OUT OF CONTROL.

Jennifer: RUSSIA IS

WEIGHING ITS RESPONSE IN

CASE AMERICA DOES LEAD AN

ATTACK AGAINST ITS SYRIAN

ALLY.

A TOP RUSSIAN MILITARY

OFFICIAL WARNED LAST MONTH

THAT A U.S. STRIKE AGAINST

SYRIA WOULD DRAW A RUSSIAN

COUNTER-STRIKE AGAINST

BOTH U.S. MISSILES AND THE

SHIPS LAUNCHING THEM.

AND ON THURSDAY, RUSSIA'S

AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N.

DIDN'T RULE OUT THE

POSSIBILITY OF A

U.S.-RUSSIAN CONFLICT.

RUSSIA HAS MOVED ITS

WARSHIPS OUT OF A SYRIAN

PORTO A AVOID A POSSIBLE

U.S. STRIKE.

JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS,

WASHINGTON.

John: FORMER F.B.I.

DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY

COMPARES PRESIDENT TRUMP

TO A MAFIA BOSS AND HIS

NEW BOOK.

HE SAYS TRUMP SOUGHT TO

BLUR THE LINE BETWEEN LAW

ENFORCEMENT AND POLITICS,

AND TRIED TO PRESSURE HIM

ON HIS RUSSIA PROBE.

HE SAID TRUMP TOLD HIM,

QUOTE, "I NEED LOYALTY.

I EXPECT LOYALTY."

AND COMEY'S BOOKS TALKS

ABOUT HIS DECISIONS IN

HANDLING THE HILLARY

CLINTON E-MAIL SITUATION

BEFORE THE ELECTION.

> THIS WEEK Facebook

C.E.O. MARK ZUCKERBERG

FACED QUESTION FROM

CONGRESS OVER PRIVACY

ISSUES, ELECTIONS, AND

CENSORING CONSERVATIVES.

AND HE WAS ASKED ABOUT A

NEW Facebook APP AIMED

AT CHILDREN AS YOUNG AT

SIX.

HEALTH EXPERTS SAY THIS IS

A BAD IDEA.

Lorie: Facebook IS

NOW WELCOMING EVEN

KINDERGARTENERS WHO THE

WORLD OF SOCIAL MEDIA WITH

THEIR NEW Facebook

MESSENGER KIDS APP.

KIDS CAN USE WHIMSICAL

MAPS, FRAMES, AND STICKERS

TO CONNECT WITH THE ONLINE

WORLD.

SOME HEALTH CARE

PROFESSIONALS APPROVE OF

THE APP, BUT OTHERS, LIKE

CHRISTIAN CHILD

PSYCHIATRIST DANIEL AIMEN,

ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM.

IT REMINDS ME AS TO WHY

McDONALD'S HAS HAPPY

MEALS.

THEY'RE GOING AFTER THE

NEXT GENERATION.

Lorie: HE SAYS

SCIENTIFIC STUDIES REVEAL

TOO MUCH SCREEN TIME CAN

CONTRIBUTE TO DEPRESSION,

OBESITY, AND SHORT

ATTENTION SPANS.

IN A LETTER TO

Facebook'S C.E.O. MARK

ZUCKERBERG, THE CAMPAIGN

FOR A COMMERCIAL-FREE

CHILDHOOD REQUESTS HE

DISCONTINUES MESSENGER

KIDS, BUT Facebook IS

STANDING FIRM.

IN AN E-MAIL TO CBN NEWS,

Facebook SAID THEY WILL

NOT BE DISCONTINUING THE

APP, ADDING THEY WORK WITH

A PANEL OF CHILDREN'S AD

CADEADVOCATES TO DEVELOP IT.

LIKE STEVEN BALCOM, WHO

TAKES ISSUE WITH THE APP'S

CRITICS.

THEY CITE EVIDENCE AS

PROOF THAT SOCIAL MEDIA

CAUSES HARM TO CHILDREN.

WHERE IN FACT, IT IS MORE

OF A CORRELATION RATHER

THAN THAN A CAUSATION,

WHICH IS QUITE DIFFERENT.

EVERY SINGLE CONTACT THAT

THE CHILD HA HAS HAS TO BE

APPROVED BY THE CHILD AND

THE OTHER CHILD'S PARENT.

EVEN IF IT IS SAFE,

WHAT IT IS DOING IS

SETTING THEM UP TO SPEND

MORE AND MORE TIME ON IT

AS THEY GROW.

AND ALL THE RESEARCH I

KNOW SAYS THAT'S A BAD

THING.

Lorie: AIMEN SAYS

SOCIAL MEDIA STIMULATES

THE PLEASURE CENTER OF THE

BRAIN, AND THAT, IN TURN,

REQUIRES STILL MORE

STIMULATION JUST TO

ACHIEVE THE SAME LEVEL OF

SATISFACTION, MEANING KIDS

WITH SPEND EVEN MORE TIME

ONLINE.

DR. AIMEN SAYS PARENTS

SHOULDN'T ALLOW THEIR

CHILDREN ON SOCIAL MEDIA

UNTIL AGE 14, AND POINTS

OUT EVEN THEN, DANGERS,

SUCH AS ONLINE PREDATORS,

BULLIES, OR POSTING

PICTURES OR WORDS THAT

COULD HAUNT THEM FOR YEARS

TO COME.

LORIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.

John: SHE WORKED TO

MAKE PEOPLE LOOK GOOD IN

HER BEAUTY SALON, BUT THEN

SHE FOUND A BETTER TUA WAY TO

TRANSFORM THE

UNDERPRIVILEGED FROM THE

INSIDE.

Reporter: SHE WORKED

AT MAKING PEOPLE

BEAUTIFUL, AND THEN SHE

SAW THE LIGHT.

BEAUTY IS GOD, YOU

KNOW?

THAT'S MY DEFINITION OF

BEAUTY.

IT'S A DIVINE BEAUTY.

IT IS BEAUTY THAT CAN ONLY

COME FROM GOD.

Reporter: TENESHA

REALIZED HER CALLING WAS

SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST

GIVING SOMEBODY A

BEAUTIFUL HAIRSTYLE.

IT WAS ALSO ABOUT

TRANSFORMING THE WAY THEY

SAW THEMSELVES ON THE

INSIDE.

WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE

IF I COULD MAKE MY CLIENTS

WHOLE AND COMPLETE?

FROM THAT POINT ON, WHAT

BECAME MY MISSION IS TO

HELP PEOPLE REDISCOVER WHO

THEY TRULY ARE, AND IT ALL

STARTS FROM THE INSIDE.

Reporter: THAT LED

HER TO START HER

FOUNDATION, "EMPOWERING

THROUGH BEAUTY," WHICH

TOOK HER OUT OF THE SALON

AND INTO HOMELESS

SHELTERS.

SHE AND HER VOLUNTEERS GO

ON A MISSION TO FIND AND

SERVE THOSE IN NEED.

I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE

IT MAKES.

I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE IT

MAKES WHENEVER YOU HAVE A

JOB INTERVIEW, BUT YOU'RE

LIVING IN A SHELTER AND

YOU CAN'T AFFORD A

HAIRCUT.

Reporter: AND WHILE

THE MAKEOVERS HAPPEN, SHE

IS MOST INTERESTED IN

THESE PEOPLE'S HEARTS.

THE BEAUTY COMES FROM

THE INSIDE.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT,

WHAT WE DID TODAY IS NOT

GOING TO MARTYR.

MATTER.

Reporter: ON ANY

GIVEN DAY, OVER 1,000

PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS IN

THIS AREA.

SHE HOLDS EVENTS WHERE

THEY RECEIVE ACCESS TO

SERVICES LIKE JOB

RESOURCES AND H.I.V.

TESTING.

IN ONE DAY WE PROVIDED

OVER 300 SERVICES FOR

WOMEN AND FAMILIES.

I FEEL BEAUTIFUL FOR

THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG

TIME, YOU KNOW?

I KIND OF JUST GAVE IT

A TRY.

I LET MY GUARD DOWN.

USUALLY MY MOTHER DOES MY

HAIR.

AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO

EMPOWER ME.

WE PARTNER WITH SALONS

THROUGHOUT WHEREVER.

WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO GET

INVOLVED WITH OUR

FOUNDATION, WE PARTNER

WITH THEM.

AND WE ARE ABLE TO SEND

OUR CLIENTS FROM OUR

PARTNERING SHELTERS, TO BE

ABLE TO GO OUT TO THE

SALONS AND THEIR

COMMUNITY, TO GET THEIR

HAIR SERVICE.

Reporter: TO DATE,

99% OF THE WOMEN WHO GO

THROUGH THE "EMPOWERING

THROUGH BEAUTY" WOMEN'S

SHELTER PROGRAM GO ON TO

RECEIVE HOUSING AND

EMPLOYMENT.

CAITLIN BURKE, CBN NEWS,

BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

John: THOSE ARE

TODAY'S TOP STORIES FROM

CBN NEWS.

GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE

BACK WITH MUCH MORE OF

TODAY'S "700 CLUB" RIGHT

OF SCANDAL, ATTENDANCE IN

CATHOLIC CHURCHES IS DOWN.

HOWEVER, ONE NEW STRATEGY

OF REVITALIZATION IS

WORKING.

AND AS CAITLIN BURKE

REPORTS, IT IS SOMETHING

ANY CHURCH CAN USE FOR A

21st TRANSFORMATION.

Reporter: THE

CATHOLIC CHURCH IS KNOWN

FOR ITS SACRED TRADITIONS,

BUT IT CAN MAKE THE CHURCH

SEEM RESISTANT TO CHANGE.

ONE PHILADELPHIA PERISH

CHALLENGED THAT TRADITION

WHEN IT MOVED TO

TRANSFORM, ALONG WITH THE

NEIGHBORHOOD IT SERVES.

IOVER THE COURSE OF EIGHT

YEARS, FAMILIES MOVED OUT

AND NOW IT IS ENTIRELY

AFRICAN-AMERICAN.

CHURCHES LIKE

ST. RAYMOND'S CHURCH STUCK

AROUND.

WE WANT TO LET FOLKS

WHO DO NOT HAVE A CHURCH

HOME KNOW THAT WE'RE A

VIABLE OPTION.

Reporter: THAT MAY

SEEM LIKE TYPICAL

NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH, BUT

CULTURALLY AND

HISTORICALLY, THE CATHOLIC

CHURCH DOESN'T OFFER MUCH

TO AFRICAN-AMERICANS.

FATHER CHRI CHRIS WALSH WANTED

TO CHANGE THAT.

I LIKE TO SAY

ST. RAYMOND'S IS

AUTHENTICALLY CATHOLIC BUT

ALSO AUTHENTICALLY BLACK

CHURCH EXPERIENCE.

IT TAKES THE BEST OF BOTH

WORLDS, THE HISTORY AND

TEACHINGS OF THE CATHOLIC

CHURCH, AND GIVES IT VERY

MUCH A BLACK CHURCH FEEL,

AS FAR AS MUSIC, AS FAR AS

PREACHING STYLE, AS FAR AS

WORSHIP EXPERIENCE.

Reporter: HE FOUND IT

WASN'T THEOLOGY THAT

NEEDED THE CHANGE.

IT WAS A CONGREGATION TO

CONVINCE THEIR NEIGHBORS

THAT ST. RAYMOND'S MET

THEIR NEEDS.

PAUL UNDERSTOOD THAT

THE FOLKS IN CORINTH WERE

NOT THE SAME AS THE FOLKS

IN GLACIA.

IT WAS ALWAYS THE MESSAGE

OF CHRIST CRUCIFIED, BUT

HE FOUND A WAY TO MAKE IT

APPEALING TO THAT LOCAL

COMMUNITY.

Reporter: AUTHOR

CHRIS DOWNEY USES

ST. RAYMOND'S AS A PRIME

EXAMPLE AS HOW THE

CATHOLIC CHURCH NEEDS TO

CHANGE.

IN HIS BOOK, HE WRITES

THAT TO LIVE IN TODAY'S

WORLD, WE DON'T HAVE TO

DRINK SOME 21st CENTURY

COCKTAIL.

WHAT WE HAVE TO LEARN

TO DO IS JUST TO DRINK

MORE DEEPLY FROM OUR OWN

FIRST CENTURY WELL.

Reporter: HE WRITES

THAT THE CHURCH IS FACING

ITS WORST CRISIS IN 500

YEARS.

THIS IS KIND OF A

SLOW-MOTION CRISIS FOR THE

CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND, OF

COURSE, OTHER CHRISTIAN

CHURCHES ARE SUFFERING

SOME OF THESE PHENOMENA.

IN A WAY, I USE THAT

PHRASE AND USE THOSE

STATISTICS EARLY IN THE

BOOK AS A KIND OF A CALL

TO ACTION.

Reporter: HE OFFERS

WHAT HE CALLS AN EASTER

STRATEGY, ENTREPRENEURIAL,

ACCOUNTABLE, SERVE,

TRANSFORM, AND REACH.

LOOKING AT ST. RAYMOND'S

AS A MODEL, IT FIRST

ESTABLISHED LEADERSHIP

TEAMS TO HELP MANAGE

OPERATIONS, MINISTRY, AND

PROJECTS.

THEN THEY GATHERED

MOTIVATION ABOUT WHAT

PEOPLE WANTED FROM THEIR

WALK WITH CHRIST AND HOW

THE CHURCH COULD MEET

THOSE NEEDS.

AFTER ANALYZING THAT DATA,

THEY MADE ANY CHANGES

NECESSARY.

ST. RAYMOND'S SERVES THE

NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A

CATHOLIC SCHOOL, PROVIDING

FAMILIES A SAFE PLACE FOR

THEIR CHILDREN TO LEARN.

PHILADELPHIA'S PUBLIC

SCHOOLS ARE SOME OF THE

MOST VIOLENT IN THE

COUNTRY.

LOW ATTENDANCE MEANT

BORROWING MONEY TO KEEP

THE DOORS OPEN.

NOW THANKS TO THE CULTURAL

TRANSFORMATION, COMPLETE

WITH MUSIC AND

DECLARATIONS, IT IS FULL.

AS A CHURCH, WE HAVE TO

REALIZE IT IS NOT GOING TO

BE ON OUR TERMS.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO

COMMIT TO TEACHING SUNDAY

SCHOOL EVERY SUNDAY

MORNING AT 11:00.

HOWEVER, THEY MIGHT COME

ONCE A MONTH, AND THEY

MIGHT REALLY OFFER

SOMETHING.

THEY MAY NOT COME TO

WEDNESDAY NIGHT BIBLE

STUDIES, BUT THEY MAY BE

OPEN TO A FACE-SHARING

STUDY.

Reporter: THE POPE

TOOK HIS OWN ADVICE

RECENTLY AT THE ANNUAL TED

CONFERENCE BY APPEARING ON

SCREEN AS ONE OF THE

SPEAKERS.

AS HE TALKED TO TECH

COMPANY FOUNDERS, ARTISTS,

AND CULTURAL LEADERS, HE

SURPRISED HIS AUDIENCE BY

USING MODERN TOOLS OF THE

DIGITAL AGE TO REACH THEM.

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

Reporter: HE FEELS

THIS STRATEGY IS UNIVERSAL

AND CAN REVITALIZE ANY

CHURCH, NO MATTER THE

BELIEF SET OR

DENOMINATION.

BUT HE STRESSES, IT CAN'T

JUST BE FROM THE TO TOP DOWN.

IT REQUIRES EVERYONE TO

LEAD.

CAITLIN BURKE, CBN NEWS,

PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA.

Gordon: THAT'S

WONDERFUL ADVICE TO ANY

CHURCH.

REACH OUT TO THE

NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND YOU.

Terry: COMING UP,

GRAMMY-WINNING SENSATION

MANDISA TALKS ABOUT HOW A

TRANSFORMATION BROUGHT HER

OUT OF THE DARK.

HOW CAN YOU TELL OTHER

PEOPLE THEY ARE OVERCOME

MERRSWHEN YOU CAN'T EVEN

OVERCOME THIS ISSUE YOU'VE

HAD MOST OF YOUR LIFE.

Terry: MANDISA SHARES

HER STORY.

THAT'S NEXT.

Terry: MANDISA'S

POWERFUL VOCALS AND

INFECTIOUS SPIRIT HAS

HELPED HER SELL MORE THAN

A MILLION RECORDS, AND

BECOME ONE OF THE HOTTEST

NAMES IN CHRISTIAN MUSIC.

AT A TIME WHEN MANDISA'S

CAREER WAS TAKING OFF, A

TRAGEDY DROVE HER INTO

ISOLATION, AND THE SINGER

BEHIND HITS SUCH AS

"STRONGER," AND

"OVERCOMER," WAS LOSING

THE BATTLE FOR HER LIFE.

Reporter: EVER SINCE

HER APPEARANCE ON

"AMERICAN IDOL" IN 2006,

MANDISA HAS BEEN

CAPTIVATING AUDIENCES WITH

HER POWERHOUSE VOICE.

* HOLD ON JUST A LITTLE

BIT LONGER *

* HE KNOWS THAT THIS IS

GOING TO MAKE YOU

STRONGER, STRONGER *

Reporter: AND AS SHE

LAUNCHED INTO HER SINGING

CAREER, IT WAS HER SMILE

AND POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON

LIFE THAT CAPTURED THEIR

HEARTS.

I KIND OF FEEL LIKE I'M

KNOWN AS THE CHEERLEADER.

LIKE, YOU'RE STRONGER, AND

YOU'RE AN OVERCOMER, AND

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL MORNING.

IT IS HARD.

Reporter: SHE SAYS

HER BUBBLY PERSONALITY WAS

SIMPLY HER WAY OF MASKING

HER TROUBLES.

I DON'T LIKE TO TALK

ABOUT MY EMOTIONS.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT

COMES NATURALLY FOR ME.

Reporter: BUT THERE

WERE TIMES SHE COULDN'T

FAKE IT ANYMORE.

IN 2013, MANDISA RELEASED

HER FOURTH ALBUM ENTITLED

"OVERCOMER."

THE TITLE TRACK WAS

DEDICATED TO HER FRIEND

WHO CHOSE TO NOT UNDERGO

BREAST CANCER TREATMENT TO

PROTECT HER YOUNG SON.

BUT A YEAR AFTER GIVING

BIRTH TO HER YOUNG SON,

SHE PASSED AWAY.

I WAS SAYING, I KNOW

YOU'RE GOING TO HELP

KEISHA BECAUSE IT WILL

GIVE YOU THE MOST GLORY.

SHE WILL BE ABLE TO TELL

PEOPLE ABOUT THE GREATNESS

OF GOD AND HOW HE HEELS.

WHEHE HEALS.WHEN IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, I

DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

IT REALLY SHOOK MY FAITH.

I THOUGHT MY FOUNDATION

WAS REALLY FIRM, BUT WHEN

THAT HAPPENED, I WAS ANGRY

ATED GOD.

Reporter: MANDISA

WENT INTO ISOLATION,

SHUTTING OUT HER FRIENDS,

FAMILY, AND GOD.

I DIDN'T GO TO CHURCH.

I DIDN'T READ MY WORD.

I CERTAINLY DIDN'T PRAY

BECAUSE I FELT LIKE HE WAS

NOT HEARING MY PRAYERS.

THE RESULT WAS I FELL INTO

THE DEEPEST DEPRESSION OF

MY LIFE.

I STARTED TURNING TO MY

OLD WAYS, WHICH IS FOOD.

FOR YEARS I'D BATTLED IT,

AND I HAD FOUND SOME

SUCCESS RECENTLY WHEN I

LOST OVER 120 POUNDS.

BUT I QUICKLY GAINED ALL

OF THAT BACK AND A WHOLE

LOT MORE.

SO THEN I'M BATTLING WITH

SHAME, AND THE ENEMY

TELLING ME, HOW CAN YOU

TELL PEOPLE THEY'RE

OVERCOMERS WHEN YOU CAN'T

OVERCOME THIS ISSUE THAT

YOU'VE BEEN DEALING WITH

YOUR WHOLE LIFE.

> THE ONE TIME I LEFT MY

HOUSE, I WAS AT A MOVIE

THEATER, AND I WAS

WATCHING A MARATHON OF

MOVIES.

WHEN I CAME OUT, I SAW

THAT MY CAR HAD A BUNCH OF

STICKY NOTES ON IT.

AND I REALIZED A LOT OF

THE STICKY NOTES WERE

SCRIPTURE.

MANDISA, WE LOVE YOU AND

WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOU.

AND THEN I SAW EIGHT OF MY

FRIENDS STARTED GATHERING

AROUND.

THEY FOUND ME AT THE MOVIE

THEATER, AND THEYED SAID, THEY SAID,

LISTEN, THIS HAS BEEN

GOING ON FOR TOO LONG.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE

YOU LIKE THIS.

Reporter: HER FRIENDS

CONVINCED HER TO SEE A

CHRISTIAN COUNSELLOR.

I BATTLED WITH A

HEAVINESS AND A DARKNESS,

I FEEL LIKE MY WHOLE LIFE.

I WAS MOLESTED AT AN ERL

AGE, AND RAPEEARLYAGE AND RAPED AT AN EARL Y

AGE.

AND I THINK THE DIVORCE OF

MY PARENTS HAD AN IMPACT

ON ME.

I TURNED TO FOOD AT A

YOUNG AGE.

WHEN YOU'RE HEAVY AT A

YOUNG AGE, YOU DEAL WITH A

LOT OF RIDICULE, AND THEN

WHEN YOU HAVE SEXUAL ABUSE

ON TOP OF THAT, IT IS JUST

A VICIOUS CYCLE.

Reporter: AND MANDISA

SOON REALIZED SHE COULDN'T

HIDE BEHIND A SMILE ANY

LONGER.

I'M REALIZING THAT THE

HEALTHY THING TO DO IS TO

BRING THOSE

DISAPPOINTMENTS AND ANGER

TO GOD.

GODEGOD SAID DAVID WAS A MAN

AFTER HIS OWN HEART, AND

HE COMMITTED MURDER AND

ADULTERY, BUT HE BROUGHT

THOSE THINGS TO GOD, AND I

THINK THAT'S WHY HE WAS A

MAN OF GOD'S HEART.

AND NOW I FEE"HE LIFTED ME OUT OF THE

PIT, AND HE SET MY FEET ON

A ROCK."

I WAS IN THE DEEPEST STATE

OF MY LIFE, BUT JESUS

LIFTED ME OUT.

AND NOW I FEEL LIKE I HAVE

A NEW PURPOSE AND WORTH.

Reporter: IT WAS THAT

INSPIRED HER NEW SONG.

* HE STARTED SOMETHING

GOOD *

* HIS WORK IN ME AIN'T

THROUGH *

* I'M JUST UNFINISHED

Reporter: NOW WHEN

MANDISA WEARS THAT WINNING

SMILE, IT IS NOT TO COVER

UP THE IMPERFECTIONS IN

HER LIFE, BUT TO SHOW THAT

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS,

GOD IS IN CONTROL.

I DON'T JUST SAY I HAVE

OVERCOME, BECAUSE I STILL

HAVE TO, ON A DAILY BASIS,

MAKE THE CHOICE NOT TO GO

INTO MY DEFAULT, BUT TO

WALK IN FAITH AND

CONFIDENCE.

OR WHEN I FEEL LIKE I'VE

MADE ANOTHER MISTAKE, THE

SAME MISTAKES I'VE MADE

OVER AND OVER AGAIN,

INSTEAD OF BEATING MYSELF

UP, I SAY, NO, GOD BEGAN A

GOOD WORK IN ME.

I'M A MASTERPIECE IN THE

MAKING.

I'M JUST UNFINISHED RIGHT

NOW.

Terry: HE STARTED

SOMETHING GOOD IN ME, AND

HE IS GOING TO COMPLETE

IT.

YOU JUST HEARD MANDISA

TALK ABOUT THE INSPIRATION

FOR HER ALBUM, AND IT'S

CALLED "OUT OF THE DARK."

AND IT IS AVAILABLE

WHEREVER MUSIC IS SOLD.

WHAT A WONDERFUL MESSAGE.

> STILL AHEAD, HOW THE

LIFE OF A SINGLE MOM

RAISING FOUR KIDS TURNED

AROUND HER LIFE IN ONE

DAY, THANKS TO VIEWERS

LIKE YOU.

Gordon: COMING UP...A

MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT...

YOU NEED TO GO IN AND

SAY YOUR GOOD-BYES.

Gordon: AND A MASSIVE

BRAIN INJURY.

YOU NEED TO TAKE OVER.

Gordon: ONE FAMILY

PRAYS FOR THEIR LAST HOPE.

Efrem: WELCOME BACK

TO "THE 700 CLUB."

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

PUNTER JAY SCOTT SAID GOD

OPENED THE WAY FOR HIS

TEAM TO LEAD PRAYERS FOR

PRESIDENT TRUMP WHEN SHE

VISITED THE WHITE HOUSE.

> "OPERATION BLESSING"

IS STILL WORKING IN PUERTO

RICO AFTER A DEVASTATING

HURRICANE STRUCK THE

ISLAND SIX MONTHS AGO.

PUERTO RICAN FAMILIES

STILL LIVE WITHOUT POWER

AND SAFE WATER.

HURRICANE MARIA DESTROYED

THE WATER PIPES, CAUSING

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO

FALL ILL FROM UNCLEAN

WATER.

"OPERATION BLESSING"

STEPPED IN AND BROUGHT A

REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM TO

THE VILLAGE.

IT PROVIDES NEARLY 2,000

GALLONS OF CLEAN WATER

EACH DAY AND NOW THE

VILLAGERS CAN DRINK

WITHOUT FEAR OF GETTING

SICK.

GORDON AND TERRY ARE BACK

WITH MUCH MORE RIGHT AFTER

THIS.

Terry: IN PERU, A

YOUNG, SINGLE MOM,

STRUGGLED TO FEED HER

FAMILY.

SO IN DESPERATION, SHE

SAID A PRAYER.

LORD, BEND DOWN AND HEAR

MY CRY.

HERE IS HOW HER PRAYER WAS

ANSWERED.

Reporter: MIRIAN'S

TEACHER HAD ASKED HER

STUDENTS TO BRING SOME

FOOD ITEMS TO CLASS TO

HELP FAMILIES IN NEED.

WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR

MIRIAN TO CONTRIBUTE, SHE

SLIPPED OUT OF HER CHAIR.

I HID UNDER THE DESK

BECAUSE I DIDN'T BRING

ANYTHING.

SHE KNEW WE DIDN'T HAVE

FOOD AT HOME.

Reporter: FOR THE

PAST TWO YEARS, SHAYLA HAS

BEEN RAISING FOUR KIDS ON

HER OWN.

FOOD BECAME SCARCE AFTER

HER HUSBAND LEFT THEM.

SOMETIMES A SMALL FISH WAS

ALL THE PROTEIN THE FAMILY

WOULD HAVE FOR AN ENTIRE

WEEK.

SOMETIMES THERE'S JUST

NO FOOD AND WE DON'T EAT.

Reporter: SHAYLA SOLD

WATERMELON SLICES WHEN SHE

COULD AFFORD TO BUY THEM.

SHE NEVER STOPPED LOOKING

FOR WAYS TO FEED HER

FAMILY AND PAY THE BILLS.

I PRAY ALL THE TIME,

LORD, BEND DOWN AND HEAR

MY CRY.

I ASKED GOD NOT TO FORSAKE

ME WHEN I NEED HIM THE

MOST.

Reporter: "OPERATION

BLESSING" MET MIRIAN AT AN

ANTI-PARASITE CAMPAIGN AT

HER SCHOOL.

WE THEN MET MIRIAN'S MOM

AND OFFERED TO HELP.

SHA LSHAYLA WAS SURPRISED WHEN

WE SHOWED HER WHAT WE SET

UP IN FRONT OF HER HOME.

IT TURNS OUT SHAYLA IS THE

ONLY ONE SELLING MEAT AND

FRESH VEGETABLES IN HER

ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I THANK GOD THAT MY

BUSINESS IS STARTING WELL,

AND I'M ALREADY THINKING

HOW I CAN MAKE IT GROW.

YOU MET THE NEEDS OF MY

CHILDREN.

Reporter: WE HAD ONE

MORE SURPRISE FOR THE

FAMILY: A FOOD BASKET,

WHICH WE PRESENTED A

MIRIAN.

THANK YOU, "OPERATION

BLESSING," FOR HELPING ME

AND MY FAMILY.

Terry: IT WOULD BE

HARD FOR A SINGLE MOM WITH

FOUR CHILDREN TO SURVIVE

AND DO WELL HERE IN THE

UNITEUNITED STATES, BUT GO TO

ANOTHER COUNTRY WHERE THE

ECONOMIC SITUATION IS

COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, AND

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE.

THIS MOM LOVES HER

CHILDREN.

SHE IS DOING EVERYTHING

SHE CAN TO PROVIDE FOR

THEM.

BUT SHE NEEDED A LITTLE

HELP.

IF YO YOU'RE A "700 CLUB"

MEMBER, YOU MADE THAT

POSSIBLE.

YOU NOT ONLY GAVE THEM

HELP, HOPE, FOOD FOR THEIR

BELLIES, BUT ALSO THE KIND

OF OPPORTUNITY THAT ALLOWS

THEM TO HAVE DIGNITY AND

TO MOVE FORWARD IN THEIR

LIVES.

TO BE A "700 CLUB" MEMBER,

IT IS JUST 65 CENTS A DAY,

$20 A MONTH.

WE'RE ASKING YOU RIGHT NOW

IF YOU'LL GO TO THE PHONE

AND DO THAT.

WILL YOU JOIN WITH US?

WE'RE OUT TO TOUCH LIVES

WITH THE LOVE OF GOD IN

PRACTICAL WAYS, BUT ALSO

WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE

FACT THAT GOD DOES DO THE

WORK AND LOVES THEM, AND

SENDS YOU AND I TO MAKE A

DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES.

BE A PART OF THAT.

OUR NUMBER IS TOLL-FREE:

1-800-700-7000.

BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU CALL,

IF YOU USE SOMETHING

CALLED PLEDGE EXPRESS,

THAT'S ELECTRONIC MONTHLY

GIVING, AND IT MEANS YOUR

BANK DOES ALL OF THE WORK,

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO

REMEMBER TO DO ANYTHING.

IT IS ALL DONE FOR YOU.

YOU YOU CAN STO CAN STOP IT WHENEVER

YOU YOU WANT.

BUT IT DOES SAVE US SOME

ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS SO WE

CAN PUT MORE OF IT INTO

THE LIVES OF THE FAMILIES

LIKE THE PEOPLE YOU JUST

SAW.

1-800-700-7000.

DO IT TODAY.

> STILL AHEAD, HIS

FAMILY SURVIVED THE

HORRORS OF IRAN, BUT HE

WASN'T EXPECTED TO SURVIVE

THE HOSPITAL STAY.

THEY SAID, GILBERT,

THERE IS NO HOPE.

Terry: BUT THOSE

DOCTORS DIDN'T COUNT ON

ONE THING.

SEE WHAT THEY'RE CALLING

MIRACULOUS, WHEN WE COME

BACK.

Gordon: WELL, GILBERT

HAS MORE PAGES IN HIS

MEDICAL RECORDS THAN MOST

NOVELS.

IN HIS MEDICAL RECORD, THE

DOCTORS WROTE: "NO

GUARANTEES OF A GOOD

OUTCOME."

GILBERT NEEDED A SERIES OF

MIRACLES TO LIVE, AND THE

FIRST MIRACLE: MAKING IT

TO THE HOSPITAL ALIVE.

I WAITED AND I WAITED.

SEVERAL HOURS WENT BY.

FIRST I TEXTED HIM AND

THEN I STARTED CALLING

HIM.

NO ANSWERS.

THIS IS UNUSUAL FOR

GILBERT.

Reporter: SHE FINALLY

DID GET A CALL THAT

DECEMBER EVENING IN 2014.

HER HUSBAND, GILBERT, HAD

BEEN IN A MOTORCYCLE

ACCIDENT AND WAS BEING

FLOWN TO HUNTINGTON

HOSPITAL, IN PASADENA,

CALIFORNIA.

ANI WAS GIVEN FEW DETAILS,

SO SHE PRAYED IT WASN'T

SERIOUS.

AT THE HOSPITAL, THE HEAD

DOCTOR TOLD HER OTHERWISE.

I THOUGHT HE WOULD SAY,

OH, GO IN AND VISIT HIM.

BUT HE SAID, OH, YOU NEED

TO GO IN AND SAY YOUR

GOOD-BYES.

I SAID, LORD, I SURRENDER.

YOU NEED TO TAKE OVER.

Reporter: BIL GILBERT HAD

VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND

CRASHED HEAD-FIRST INTO A

MOUNTAINSIDE.

ALONG WITH MULTIPLE BROKEN

BONES, HE HAD MASSIVE

BRAIN TRAUMA AND WASN'T

EXPECTED TO LIVE.

BUT FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO

GATHERED TO PRAY, BELIEVED

DIFFERENTLY.

AND I PRAY, FATHER GOD,

THAFOR THE PHYSICIANS.

I WAS JUST PRAYING IN

MY HEART, LORD, YOU SEE

EVERYTHING, AND YOU KNOW

WHAT'S AHEAD, SO,

HONESTLY, IF I DIDN'T HAVE

MY FAITH, I DON'T KNOW

WHAT I WOULD DO.

IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE.

Reporter: OVER THE

COURSE OF THE NIGHT, THE

PROGNOSIS CHANGED.

THEY SAID, WELL, IT

LOOKS LIKE HE IS

SURVIVING, BUT HE WILL BE

PARALYZED FROM THE NECK

DOWN.

Reporter: TWO DAYS

LATER, GILBERT WOKE UP AND

TESTS CONFIRMED HE WASN'T

PARALYZED, BUT IT WASN'T

OVER.

HE HAD TO OVERCOME A BOUT

WITH MEMORY LOSS AND STILL

FACED A MULTITUDE OF

SURGERIES AND MONTHS OF

PHYSICAL THERAPY.

EVEN THEN, DOCTORS

EXPECTED HE COULD BE

PERMANENTLY DISABLED.

WE KEPT PUSHING THROUGH

AND PRAYING, AND THEN IT

WAS CONSTANT PRAY, TAKE A

STEP FORWARD, PRAY, TAKE A

STEP FORWARD.

Reporter: GILBERT WAS

FULLY AWARE OF WHAT WAS AT

STAKE, BUT HE STILL

TRUSTED GOD.

I KNEW THAT GOD IS

GOING TO SHOW UP.

GOD IS GOING TO CHANGE

THINGS.

GOD IS THERE WITH ME.

Reporter: THAT'S

BECAUSE THIS WASN'T THE

FIRST TIME GOD CARRIED HIS

FAMILY THROUGH DIFFICULT

TRIALS.

WHILE LIVING IN IRAN, THEY

WERE PERSECUTED FOR THEIR

FAITH.

I WAS 17 YEARS OLD WHEN

MY DAD WAS KILLED AND WAS

MARTYRED.

WAS IT EASY?

NO.

WAS HIS GRACE ENOUGH?

YES, HIS GRACE WAS ENOUGH,

EVEN THEN.

Reporter: AFTER A

YEAR OF SURGERIES AND

PHYSICAL THERAPY, ONLY ONE

THING HAD BEEN FULLY

RESTORED, THE FINGERS ON

HIS RIGHT HAND WERE LOCKED

CLOSED BECAUSE OF NERVE

DAMAGE.

THIS TROUBLED GILBERT THE

MOST.

HE FELT HE WORSHIPPED GOD

THROUGH HIS TALENT AS A

PIANIST.

THEY SAID, GILBERT,

THAT IS IT, THERE IS NO

HOPE.

AND THIS IS MY SITUATION.

I COULDN'T MOVE MY

FINGERS, AND I COULDN'T

EVEN SHAKE HANDS.

Reporter: THE

PHYSICIAN IN CHARGE OF

GILBERT'S PHYSICAL

THERAPY, DR. RAFI BALON.

HE COULD NOT USE HIS

HANDS TO PLAY, AND THAT

WAS HIS PROFESSION, AS YOU

KNOW.

SO THAT WAS A LIMITATION

THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE

DEVASTATING FOR HIM

BECAUSE THAT WAS THE END

OF HIS CAREER, ALMOST.

Reporter: STILL,

GILBERTGILBERT PRESSED ON AND

MANAGED TO GET ONE FINGER

TO WORK.

IT WAS EXTREMELY HARD.

BUT, AGAIN, I KNEW THAT

GOD IS GOOD.

I CAN'T SEE GOD'S GOODNESS

IN THIS AREA RIGHT NOW,

BUT GOD IS GOOD.

Reporter: HE AND HIS

FAMILY CONTINUED TO FAST

AND PRAY FOR COMPLETE

HEALING.

ALMOST SEVEN MONTHS

AFTER THE SURGERY, I WENT

TO FRIENDS TO SHARE THE

GOSPEL AND SHARE MY

TESTIMONY, ACTUALLY.

THIS COUPLE CAME UP TO ME,

AND THEY SAID, WE ARE LED

BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO PRAY

FOR YOUR HEALING.

THAT COUPLE, THEY PRAYED

OVER MY HANDS, MY FINGERS.

I RECEIVED THAT WORD BY

FAITH, EVEN THOUGH, AGAIN,

I HAD MY DOUBTS.

BUT PRAISE LORD, HE IS

GRACIOUS EVEN BEYOND AND

ABOVE OUR FAITH AND

UNDERSTANDING.

THE NEXT MORNING I WOKE

UP, AND WHEN I WOKE UP, MY

FINGERS OPENED UP.

IT WAS -- I COULDN'T EVEN

BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS

HAPPENING.

AND WHEN I CAME TO

LOS ANGELES, WHERE I LIVE,

I WENT TO NERVE TESTS, AND

THE DOCTORS SAID, WOW,

INTERESTING, YOUR NERVES

ARE REGENERATING.

THAT WAS A TOTAL

SURPRISE.

IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE WHEN

WE FIRST SAW IT.

I KNOW, AND NOTHING CAN

CHANGE MY MIND THAT IT WAS

ANYTHING OTHER THAN A

MIRACLE.

THI HIS FAITH AND HIS

DETERMINATION PLAYED A

MAJOR ROLE IN HIS OVER ALL

RECOVERY.

EXCEPTIONAL IS PROBABLY

THE RIGHT WORD.

IT IS AMAZING, ALSO.

AND I THINK WE CAN ALSO

USE THE WORD "MIRACULOUS"

FOR THIS KIND OF RECOVERY.

Reporter: GILBERT IS

STILL USING HIS GIFT

THROUGH HIS FAMILY

MINISTRY, HELPING PEOPLE

IN THE FARSI FARSI-SPEAKING

WORLD WORSHIP GOD.

MY PURPOSE IN LIFE IS

TO KNOW HIM AND TO MAKE

HIM KNOWN.

AND THROUGH THIS ACCIDENT,

I GOT TO KNOW HIM MUCH

MORE.

PRAISE THE LORD.

Gordon: I DON'T KNOW

WHAT IT IS ABOUT HARD

TIMES, WHEN ACCIDENTS

HAPPEN, WHEN DISASTERS

HAPPEN, WHEN SICKNESS

HAPPENS TO US, BUT WE GET

TO KNOW GOD BETTER.

AND GILBERT GOT TO KNOW

HIM, GOT TO KNOW HIM AS

HEALER, AS SAVIOR, AS

DELIVERER.

HE GOT TO KNOW THE

ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.

NOW, HOW DID THAT JOURNEY

START?

I LOVE THE PRAYER OF THE

WIFE, LORD, I SURRENDER.

I SURRENDER TO YOUR WILL.

SO OFTEN WE COME TO GOD

WITH PRAYERS OF COMPLAINT

OR PRAYERS OF DEMAND.

SOMEHOW WE'RE GOING TO PUT

GOD UNDER AN OBLIGATION OR

WE'RE GOING TO SOMEHOW

BARGAIN WITH HIM, AND WHY

ARE WE BARGAINING WITH HIM

FOR WHAT HE HAS ALREADY

DONE?

WHEN WERE WE HEALED?

2,000 YEARS AGO.

IT ALL HAPPENED ON THE

CROSS.

BY HIS STRIPES, WE WERE

HEALED.

HE HAS BORNE AWAY OUR

INFIRMITIES.

HE HAS TAKEN IT ALL ON

HIMSELF.

WHY?

BECAUSE HE LOVES US.

AND WHEN YOU GET THAT

BREAKTHROUGH, IT'S THAT

LOVE.

NOW, FOR THE FINAL

COMPLETION, GILBERT HAD TO

TRAVEL TO FRANCE.

AND THERE PEOPLE WHO DON'T

KNOW HIM SAID, WE ARE LED

BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO COME

AND PRAY FOR YOU.

AND FAITH COMES BY

HEARING, AND HEARING BY

THE WORD.

AND THEY PRAYED.

AND I LOVE GILBERT'S

HONEST.

HE SAID, I BELIEVED, I HAD

MY DOUBTS, I BELIEVED, I

HAD MY DOUBTS.

IT'S THAT WAVERING THAT WE

ALL DO.

KEEP THIS AND MIND, AND

JAMES WROTE IT, WHEN WE

COME TO GOD, LET'S NOT

DOUBT, LET'S NOT WAIVER,

BUT LET'S BELIEVE THAT HE

WHO HAS PROMISED IS ABLE.

THAT'S THE FAITH OF

ABRAHAM.

HE WHO HAS PROMISED IS

ABLE.

AND BEYOND ABLE, HE IS

WILLING.

WE DON'T HAVE TO CONVINCE

HIM.

HE IS WILLING.

AND WHEN WE HAVE THAT

FAITH, AND GOD SEES THAT,

AND HE ALWAYS RESPONDS TO

THAT.

HE WILL ALWAYS RESPOND TO

FAITH.

ALL YOU NEED IS THAT

LITTLE MUSTARD SEED.

IT IS NOT A LOT OF EFFORT.

JUST LOOK TO JESUS.

LOOK WHAT HE HAS ALREADY

ACCOMPLISHED ON THE CROSS.

AND BELIEVE IT.

NOW, WE'RE GOING TO PRAY

FOR YOU.

AND I BELIEVE FAITH IS AN

ACTION.

SO IN AN ACT OF FAITH --

JUST AS WHAT HAPPENED

AROUND GILBERT, PEOPLE

WERE LAYING HANDS ON HIM,

THEY WERE PRAYING OVER

HIM, THEY DIDN'T GIVE UP.

LAY YOUR HAND ON THAT AREA

OF THE BODY THAT NEEDS

HEALING.

AND TERRY AND I ARE GOING

TO AGREE.

AND HERE IS YOUR BIBLE

VERSE: "WHEN TWO OR MORE

AGREE TOUCHING ANYTHING,

IT SHALL BE DONE FOR

THEM."

SO WE'RE GOING TO AGREE.

YOU BELIEVE.

YOU LAY HANDS.

AND TOGETHER LET'S SEE

WHAT GOD WILL DO.

PRAY WITH US.

LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, YOU ARE

ALMIGHTY.

YOU ARE ABLE.

HE WHO HAS PROMISED IS

ABLE.

AND YOU'RE READY AND

YOU'RE WILLING TO HEAL ALL

OUR DISEASES, TO FORGIVE

ALL OUR SINS.

AND SO WE BLESS YOU FOR

THAT.

WE COME TO YOUR THRONE

WITH THANKS FOR WHAT YOU

HAVE ALREADY DONE.

AND NOW AS BELIEVERS IN

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO

HUNG ON A CROSS FOR US,

AND BY HIS STRIPES WE ARE

HEALED, AS BELIEVERS IN

HIM.

WE LAY HANDS ON THAT AREA

OF THE BODY THAT NEEDS

HEALING.

WE SPEAK TO IT OUT LOUD:

BE HEALED AND BE MADE

WHOLE IN JESUS' NAME.

AND NOW WE RECEIVE IT AND

WE ACT ON IT.

AND WHAT WE COULDN'T DO

BEFORE, WE DO NOW IN THE

NAME OF JESUS.

THERE IS A MAN, YOU'RE

LAYING YOUR HAND ON YOUR

LEFT KNEE, AND YOU JUST

GOT A MIRACULOUS HEALING

INTO IT.

YOU FELT LIKE A COLD WASH

GO THROUGH THAT, LIKE A

TORRENT, AND GOD HAS JUST

HEALED THAT KNEE

COMPLETELY.

DO WHAT YOU COULDN'T DO

BEFORE.

BEND IT, MOVE IT.

WHATEVER YOU COULDN'T DO,

YOU CAN DO IT NOW IN

JESUS' NAME.

JUST RECEIVE IT NOW.

PRAISE YOU, LORDED GOD.

LORD GOD.

Terry: THERE IS

SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAD AN

ACCIDENT, AND YOUR SPINE

WAS INJURED IN THE

ACCIDENT, AND I BELIEVE IT

IS ON YOUR RIGHT SIDE, BUT

NOW IT HAS GONE INTO YOUR

SCIATIC NERVE.

YOU'LL KNOW IT IS YOU

BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE THIS

LITTLE ELECTRICAL ZAP THAT

GOES UP YOUR LEG AND INTO

YOUR SPINE.

GOD IS HEALING THAT

CONDITION FOR YOU RIGHT

NOW.

STAND UP AND BEGIN TO MOVE

AROUND.

YOU'VE BEEN HEALED IN

JESUS' NAME.

Gordon: THERE IS A

LADY NAMED MARY ANN, AND I

DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE

CRYING OUT FOR, BUT YOU'RE

HEALED NOW.

AND THERE ARE MANY WITH

CHRONIC FATIGUE, AND GOD

IS HEALING YOU.

HE IS ABLE TO RESTORE YOUR

THYROID.

HE IS ABLE TO RESTORE ALL

OF THE ENZYMES, ALL OF THE

THINGS THAT YOU NEED.

HE CAME THAT YOU MAY HAVE

LIFE AND HAVE IT MORE

ABUNDANTLY.

SO I SPEAK LIFE TO YOU NOW

AND ENERGY IN JESUS' NAME.

BE HEALED AND BE RESTORED

NOW.

Terry: THERE IS

SOMEONE WITH SOMETHING

GOING ON WITH YOUR EARS,

AND IT GOES RIGHT ALONG

THE SIDES OF YOUR FACE,

AND IT IS SO

UNCOMFORTABLE.

GOD IS HEALING THAT FOR

YOU NOW.

JUST RECEIVE IT.

Gordon: THERE ARE

PEOPLE WITH IRRITATEDED

NERVES THAT ARE CAUSING

PHANTOM PAINS.

AND GOD IS JUST RESTORING

YOU.

HE IS HEALING YOU.

THERE IS SOME KIND OF

EPSTEIN-BARR SYNDROME, AND

GOD IS HEALING THAT NOW IN

JESUS' NAME.

Terry: THERE IS

SOMEONE WHO HAS A LITTLE

PARALYSIS ON ONE SIDE OF

YOUR LIP -- I DON'T KNOW

IF IT IS A BELL'S PALSY

THING, BUT IT IS HARD FOR

YOU TO CHEW, AND GOD IS

HEALING THAT FOR YOU RIGHT

NOW.

Gordon: LORD, WE JUST

THANK YOU, FOR YOU ARE THE

HEALER, THE RESTORER, THE

RENEWER OF OUR STRENGTH.

AND WE JUST RECEIVE IT NOW

IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN, AND AMEN.

IF YOU'VE HAD A MIRACLE,

WE WANT TO SHARE IN YOUR

REPORT.

SO GIVE US A CALL:

1-800-700-7000.

AND JUST SAY, I'VE BEEN

TOUCHED BY GOD.

I WANT TO REPORT THE GOOD

NEWS THAT HAS HAPPENED TO

ME.

AND IF YOU NEED PRAYER, WE

BELIEVE IN PREVAILING

PRAYER.

THAT STORY YOU JUST SAW

WAS ALL ABOUT PREVAILING

PRAYER.

SO DON'T GIVE UP.

ALWAYS PRAY.

AND WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL

US.

IT IS OUR HONOR AND

PRIVILEGE TO PRAY FOR YOU.

1-800-700-7000.

TERRY?

Terry: UP NEXT, WE'VE

GOT E-MAIL QUESTIONS THAT

YOU'VE SENT IN.

WE'RE GOING TO "BRING IT

ON," SO DON'T GO AWAY.

Terry: THIS FIRST

E-MAIL, GORDON, COMES FROM

CHRISTINE, WHO SAYS, "IF

GOD IS ALL POWERFUL AND

LOVES US UNCONDITIONALLY,

THEN WHY DOES HE ALLOW

SATAN TO EXIST AND

HORRIBLE THINGS TO HAPPEN

TO THE ONES HE LOVES.

EVIL, AS WE KNOW IT DOES

NOT HAVE TO EXIST, AND DO

WE STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR

EATING THE ONE APPLE EVE

WAS TOLD NOT TO EAT.

GOD SHOULD HAVE BEEN

FORGIVING THEN, AS WELL AS

NOW, RIGHT?"

Gordon: YOU'VE ASKED

FOR A WHOLE BIBLE SCHOOL

IN 30 SECONDS.

THE PROBLEM OF EVIL, FROM

A PHILOSOPHICAL

STANDPOINT, IT HAS VEXED

PHILOSOPHERS FOR

CENTURIES.

WHY DOES EVIL EXIST?

WHY DID IT COME INTO THE

WORLD?

WHY DOES GOD ALLOW IT?

WHY WAS THE SERPENT IN THE

GARDEN?

AND THESE ARE ALL

QUESTIONS I DON'T EVEN

PRETEND TO HAVE AN ANSWER

TO.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE

GOSPEL SAYS.

YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE

ORIGINAL SIN AND IT WASN'T

EATING AN APPLE.

IT WAS EATING OF THE TREE

OF GOOD AND EVIL.

AND IN THAT UNDERSTANDING

OF GOOD AND EVIL, WE RISE

TO JUDGMENT INSTANTLY.

WE WANT TO PERCEIVE THINGS

AS EITHER BEING GOOD OR

EVIL, AND THAT WASN'T

GOD'S INTENTION.

UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE

PERCEPTION OF EVIL COMES

ALSO THE EVIL INCLINATION,

THAT WE ARE NATURALLY NOW

ORIENTEDEDORIENTED, AND WE HAVE TO

OVERCOME OUR OWN EVIL

INCLINATION.

AND THERE ARE A VARIETY OF

WAYS TO DO THAT.

AND THE BEST WAY IS TO

BELIEVE IN THE LORD JESUS

CHRIST.

THE OTHER WAYS ARE ALL

BASED ON YOUR HUMAN WILL

AND YOUR STRENGTH.

AND UNDERSTAND THAT GOD'S

PLAN OF SALVATION WAS PUT

IN PLACE BEFORE HE EVER

PUT ADAM AND EVE IN THE

GARDEN, THAT HE THOUGHT OF

YOU WAY BACK THEN, BEFORE

HE LAID THE FOUNDATION OF

THE WORLD.

HE THOUGHT OF GOOD THINGS

FOR YOU TO WALK INTO.

SO DON'T LOOK AT IT IN THE

STANDPOINT OF WHY ISN'T

GOD FORGIVING.

HE IS.

HE MADE A PATH OF

SALVATION BEFORE ADAM AND

EVE FELL.

HE MADE THAT WAY CLEAR.

NOW, WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO

RECEIVE THAT?

IT TOOK JESUS DYING ON THE

CROSS.

FOR GOD TO BE FULLY

RIGHTEOUS AND FULLY JUST,

THERE HAD TO BE A PENALTY

FOR SIN, AND JESUS TOOK

ALL THAT ON HIMSELF SO

THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO.

SO THIS IS GOOD NEWS.

AND AS CHRISTIANS, WE LOOK

FORWARD TO THE DAY WHERE

THE DEVIL IS BOUND IN

CHAINS AND WE'RE WITH GOD

IN HEAVEN, WHERE HIS WILL

IS CONSTANTLY BEING DONE,

AND WE'RE WITH HIM FOR ALL

ETERNITY.

THAT IS THE BLESSED HOPE

OF ALL CHRISTIANS.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU,

GO READ THE BOOK OF JOB.

SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN

THAT.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE

WISDOM BOOKS.

AND IT'S WHAT CHRISTIANS

NEED TO CLING TO WHEN

WE'RE GOING THROUGH

SUFFERING.

ANOTHER THING TO CLING

THROUGH IS THE PASSION OF

JESUS.

WHAT HE WENT THROUGH, THE

PRICE HE PAID, SO THAT YOU

AND I CAN BE WITH HIM

THROUGH ALL ETERNITY.

THAT IS A GOOD MEDITATION

WHEN THESE THOUGHTS COME

TO YOU.

BEFORE WE LEAVE THAT -- DO

YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT

TO ADD TO THAT?

Terry: NO.

> THIS IS KIM, WHO SAID,

"A WHILE BACK I TOLD A

FRIEND I CAN'T UNDERSTAND

WHY SO MANY OF MY PRAYERS

AREN'T BEING ANSWERED.

PRAYERS CONCERNING MY

HEALTH AND TWO OF MY SONS

LOSING THEIR FAITH.

MY FRIEND TOLD ME, MAYBE I

DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FAITH

MYSELF.

HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE

ENOUGH FAITH?"

Gordon: JUST LOOK TO

SEE IF YOU HAVE THE

MUSTARD SEED.

SOMETIMES WE START TO

QUESTION OUR FAITH,

PARTICULARLY WHEN DELAYS

HAPPEN TO OUR PRAYERS.

AND LOOK TO ABRAHAM.

HE IS THE FATHER OF THE

FAITH.

THAT HIS TITLE.

AND HE WAITED DECADES FOR

THE PROMISE.

AND IN ALL OF THAT, THE

BIBLE SAYS THAT HE WAS

FULLY PERSUADED THAT HE

WHO HAD PROMISED WAS ABLE.

AND HE DIDN'T CONSIDER THE

DEADNESS OF HIS OWN BODY.

WHAT HE CONSIDERED WAS THE

PROMISE.

SO JUST LOOK TO THE

PROMISE.

HOW DO YOU GET FAITH?

YOU LOOK TO JESUS.

HE IS THE AUTHOR AND THE

FINISHER OF YOUR FAITH.

LET HIM BE YOUR FAITH.

AND REALIZE THAT FAITH IS

A GIFT FROM HIM.

AND HE GIVES IT TO YOU

FREELY.

SO HOLD ON TO THE

PROMISES.

DON'T LOOK AT THE RESULTS.

DON'T LOOK AT THE DELAY.

LOOK AT THE PROMISE.

Terry: OKAY.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO SAYS,

"HOW EXACTLY DO YOU LIVE A

SUCCESS CHRISTIAN LIFE?

I'M A 24-YEAR-OLD MAN.

I DO HAVE MY OWN PERSONAL

STRUGGLES, AND SOMETIMES I

FEEL LIKE MY SIN STOPS ME

FROM RECEIVING GOD'S BEST.

WHAT ARE SOME PRACTICAL

WAYS TO, QUOTE, "HAVE MY

STEPS ORDERED BY THE

LORD"?

Gordon: UNDERSTAND

THE WORD DISCIPLE.

AND IT MEANS YOU YOU COME COME

UNDER DISCIPLINE.

THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID HE

DIDN'T ALLOW HIS FLESH

DOMINATE HIS WILL.

AND IF YOU GIVE INTO THE

DESIRES OF THE FLESH, IT

JUST WANTS MORE.

SO LEARN THE DISCIPLINE OF

DAILY BIBLE READING, DAILY

PRAYER.

LEARN THE DISCIPLINE OF

FASTING.

AND SUBJECT YOURSELF TO

THESE THINGS AND SEE WHAT

WILL HAPPEN.

YOUR SPIRIT NEEDS TO BE IN

CONTROL.

> WE LEAVE YOU WITH

THESE WORDS FROM NEHEMIAH:

"DO NOT SORROW, FOR THE

JOY OF THE LORD IS YOUR

STRENGTH."